Proverbs 25:16

Proverbs 25:16 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

16If you find honey, eat just enough—

too much of it, and you will vomit.

16Have you found honey? Eat only what you need,

So that you do not have it in excess and vomit it.

16Have you found [pleasure sweet like] honey? Eat only as much as you need,

Otherwise, being filled excessively, you vomit it.

16If you find honey, eat just what you need,

lest you have too much and vomit it up.

16Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee,

Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

16If thou haue found hony, eate that is sufficient for thee, least thou be ouerfull, and vomit it.

16Have you found honey?

Eat as much as is sufficient for you,

lest you eat too much, and vomit it.

16If you find honey, eat just enough.

If you eat too much of it, you will throw up.

16When you find honey, never eat more than you need.

If you eat too much, you will become very sick.

16You have found honey—eat your sufficiency, || Lest you are satiated [with] it, and have vomited it.